Animals
38 books
Animals
551
William Ruschenberger - Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology
This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of reptiles, amphibians, and...
5 hours 14 minutes
Animals
526
Stephen Coleridge - Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty
Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological or pathological research. While opposition to the use of living animals for...
1 hour 38 minutes
Animals
517
William Beebe - Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and collecting live birds for the New York Zoological Park. They then...
11 hours 12 minutes
*Non-fiction
500
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Migration of Birds
Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast «60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 miles at an average speed of 28 miles per hour.» This is just one of the many...
4 hours 8 minutes
Animals
552
Francis Rolt-Wheeler - Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany written by Marion E. Latham. The section on Zoology examines the development,...
11 hours 11 minutes
Animals
482
Charles Holder - Half Hours With the Lower Animals
This book is devoted to the study of invertebrate animals. While most people associate the word «animal» with fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, 90% of the animal species on earth are invertebrates, i.e.,...
5 hours 8 minutes
